Urban Pardes / Paradis Urbain
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 831848015RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($638,161) as filed with the CRA.
Urban Pardes / Paradis Urbain is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $508K in revenue and $638K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations, 36% from government. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $90K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Pour recevoir des fonds et des apports dans le but pour offre à des personnes avec une maladie mentale des services innovateurs destinés à les aider à accéder à l'emploi à la formation au logement et au mieux-être en offrant des programmes qui permettant des personnes avec une maladie mentale non seulement de retrouver la santé mais aussi de poursuivre leurs objectifs et de réaliserleurs rêves.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $508K | $638K | $498K | $140K | — | $207K |
| 2023 | $483K | $480K | — | — | — | $337K |
| 2022 | $537K | $364K | — | — | — | $334K |
| 2021 | $451K | $341K | — | — | — | $162K |
| 2020 | $364K | $305K | — | $63K | — | $92K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $90K from 11 charities:
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$62K
- La Fondation Rossy The Rossy Foundation$15K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- The Azrieli Foundation$2,500
- Fondation de la famille Zeller$2,000
- Mitzi & Mel Dobrin Family Foundation/fondation Familiale Mitzi & Mel Dobrin$1,000
- The Leonard T. Assaly Family Foundation$1,000
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$370
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$369
- Canadahelps Canadon$240
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$353K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Hoppenheim (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Urban Pardes / Paradis Urbain’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 831848015RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.